Access violation vulnerability in Viral News 1.4.5

WordPress websites using certain themes are vulnerable to malicious attackers with access to the website. Attackers can use a missing ability check to modify data without authorization. Specifically, they can activate arbitrary plugins through an AJAX action in various versions. Subscriber-level access or higher is required for this attack.

Detected in:

HashOne fixed vulnerable versions: >= * <= 1.3.0
Viral fixed vulnerable versions: >= * <= 1.8.0
Viral News fixed vulnerable versions: >= * <= 1.4.5

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